Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1887-06-17

1t is "A remarkable fact that the results
OF the latest explorations anG discoveries
in Biblical lands give most unexpected
confirmation of the literal truth of the
Scriptural historical narrative. Several
months ago the Blade published an arti-
Gle describing the unrolling of the mum
my of Raneses III, at the Bulaq muse
um, located at Cairo, Egypt. The aay
number of the Century contains two
illustrated articles, the one describing
the discovery of the royal tomb, and the
other discussing the relations of this
king with the history OF Moses, as given
in the book of Exodus.
Incredible as it may seem, there is no
reasonable doubt of this being the body
of that "new king over Egypt which
knew not Joseph" Exodus /, 81 To
the devout mind there Is something
marvellous in the fact that we, to-day,
can gaze upon the actual body Of king
who reigned 5000 years ago, upon the
face Of the man who saw Moses when he
was a little child. Rameses was The
PharoAh whose daughter adopted the
founding she discovered floating among
the bulrushes by the banks OF the Nile.
(It is to be observed that the word
"Pharoah" was an Egyptian title,
equivalent to our word "king," and not
the proper name Of an individually.
Here are the lips which uttered the Sc
we're DEGREES upon the Israelites In bond
age; here is the man In whose presence
Moses and Aaron worked wonderful
miracles, and whose Obduracy brought
upon his people the ten plaques, ending
with the death of the first-born. We
have the wonderfully preserved bodily
presence OF man older than the law
given upon Sinai, who filled the world
with his conquests thousand years be-
fore Rome was founded and nearly
| 400 years before the birth Of the Saw
iour at Bethlehem,
One point upon which there has al
ways existed great confusion has been
definitely settled by the discovery Of
this mummy. BY evidence found within
the tomb, il is asctrtained that Rameses
lived to the age Of nearly one hundred
years. IL follows then, from the peri
DDS given in the book OF Exodus, then
Rameses's reign covered the entire life
of Moses from his birth until the exo-
dus, that he was the oppressor Of Israel
and met hIs death IN the miraculous
overwhelming of himself aud his arms
in the Red Sea.
lie was forty-eight years old at the
time Moses went into INDIAN, where
the latter remained, IL will be remem-
be.ed, for 40 years; and hence 1t will
be seen that the conjecture Of certain
historians, who have heretofore endeay-
ored to recoucile the chronology Of the
book Of Exodus with the statements Of
profane historians and the testimony Of
inscriptions yet existing in Egypt, that
the exodus took place under Menephtha,
the thirteenth sou aud immediate sue
cessor Of Rameses, Is erroneous.
The importance Of this discovery to
the Christian world can hardly be over
stated. In a rock-hewn tomb, In a
mountain side in the edge Of the desert
opposite Thebes, were found the body
OF the great HaDeses, his wife, his
father, aud other members Of the royal
family and the high priests. Much new
light is shed on Egyptian history aud
the inspired record, and the absolute
truth OF the narrative embraced 10 the
first fourteen chapters Of the book Of
Exodus is thus corroborated ia most
wonderful manner.